| All faiths advocate doing good to one another. They | | | | Now let’s advance the story in time. Once it |
| all stress that bad and evil deeds reap bad and evil | | | | was all said and done, she did not lose custody, in fact |
| things. The philosophy of karma is not only in Middle | | | | the courts found unanimously in her favor, and the |
| Eastern faiths, such as Hinduism and Buddhism, but has | | | | bond between she and her children is even stronger |
| been incorporated into western religions as well, | | | | today because of it. She has a new husband and |
| including Christianity and Judaism. The “Golden | | | | family, and is extremely happy. Life is good for her. |
| Rule”, “Do unto Others as You Would Have | | | | Is she reaping the rewards of good karma? |
| them Do unto you”, is Karma at is simplest. | | | | He on the other hand, who accused her of having |
| What is Karma? Karma means action, generally | | | | affairs, it turns out was in fact the one who was |
| taken as a term that comprises the entire cycle of | | | | seeing someone else on the side. The woman he |
| cause and effect. Karma is a sum of all that an | | | | was seeing was still married. This woman however |
| individual has done, is currently doing, and will do. So | | | | got pregnant by him, which of course caused her own |
| the theory is, if we do good deeds then we | | | | divorce. He did do the right thing by her though, and |
| accumulate good karma, if we do evil deeds, it would | | | | they got married. Now he is in what is described, by |
| stand to reason that we accumulate bad karma. | | | | most who know him, as an unhappy marriage. His |
| Karma also follows us through life, death and | | | | step children have had drug and/or alcohol problems. |
| reincarnation as it is an energy attached to our very | | | | His wife is an alcoholic and according to him is |
| souls. That is why in western culture when bad | | | | financially bleeding him dry. Now would you call this |
| things happen to people; they often refer to them as | | | | the rewards of bad karma? |
| having bad karma. When you die, your karmatic | | | | Look around you, every day you will see signs of |
| energy stays with your soul, therefore when you are | | | | karma in humanity. Those people who have led good |
| reincarnated your energy is reincarnated with you. | | | | and charitable lives, who although they are not |
| This karmatic energy can determine your ranking in | | | | monetarily blessed, seem to have everything they |
| society, culture and in fact in some beliefs it will | | | | want from life. They are happy, their families are all |
| determine what you come back as. | | | | around them and they have peace and love, they |
| I believe in karma, I have seen it at work personally | | | | have good karma. Now look at those people who |
| and I truly feel that it is a very real force at work in | | | | have all the monetary blessings you could imagine, yet |
| modern life. I believe that karma not only follows you | | | | they are miserable. Why is that? Could it be the |
| through your past lives, but has a direct cause and | | | | way they came about their fortune? Could it be that |
| effect in this life. How many times have you heard | | | | the negative karma associated with the acquisition of |
| “what goes around comes around” or “let | | | | wealth is making them miserable? Again look at how |
| the fates handle that”? The sayings are | | | | some people are just basically happy and things seem |
| referring to karmatic energies. | | | | to, more often than naught, go their way. Where |
| An example of bad karma that hit close to home was | | | | others are miserable and have a dark cloud constantly |
| when a colleague of mine went through a very rough | | | | hanging over their heads, you just wait to see what |
| divorce. The man whom she was divorcing was | | | | misfortune will come their way next. Is this the direct |
| very possessive of her and their children. At the time | | | | result of good and bad karma in a past life? |
| it seemed they were more belongings than human | | | | Since karma is intangible, it is something we will never |
| beings to him. When she filed for divorce, for | | | | be able to prove or disprove. We can either believe |
| reasons I won’t go into, he accused her of being a | | | | in it or not. This is what Enhanced Faith is all about, |
| drug addict, having affairs, and financially irresponsible, | | | | the coming together of all beliefs. Where |
| he was doing his best to try and get the courts to | | | | “Believing is the Key”. |
| take away her children. None of these things were | | | | Do you have any examples in your life of karma? |
| true, but due to his anger he didn’t care, she was | | | | Do you believe? If so, come join us at |
| taking away what belonged to him and he was going | | | | EnhancedFaith. |
| to use whatever measures he could to punish her. | | | | |